Rev. Fr. Burnell F. Eckardt Jr., M.Div., STM, Ph.D.  Editor-in-chief; Departmental Editor: Liturgical Observer, Pondering the Holy Liturgy.

Pastor, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kewanee, Illinois (LCMS)

Education & Degrees

1991 Ph.D,  Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Concentration in historical theology with concentrations in the medieval and Reformation eras.  Dissertation -- "Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It 'Necessary'?"

1984 S.T.M. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, with concentration in systematic theology.  Thesis -- "The wrath of God in the theology of John Calvin : a Lutheran perspective"

1981 M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, majoring in exegetical theology.  Thesis -- "The Christological nature of the Psalter"

1977 B.S. University of Wisconsin, majoring in in Communication Arts

Professional Positions 2001, 2004 Visiting Professor (Historical Theology), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Novosibirsk, Siberia [through Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana]   Editor-in-Chief, Gottesdienst: A Quarterly Journal of the Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgy 1995-current Pastor, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kewanee, Illinois 1985-current Visiting Professor (Historical and Systematic Theology), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana   Contributing Editor, Logia   Associate Editor, Lutheran Digest 1985-1995 Associate Pastor, Saint John Lutheran Church, Berlin, Wisconsin 1982-1985 Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Winchester, Virginia

Published Works 1998 Every Day Will I Bless Thee: Meditations for the Daily Office (Sussex, Wis.: Concordia Catechetical Academy) [Book of meditations for every day of the year, which seeks to use the language of faith, that is, to apply the medieval and patristic methods of exegesis to meditational commentary.] ISBN: 0-9664320-7-X 1992 Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It 'Necessary'? (USA & UK: Edwin Mellen Press) [Doctoral dissertation] ISBN: 0-7734-9825-7

Published Papers and Articles   Has been published in Concordia Theological Quarterly, Lutheran Confessional Review, and The Bride of Christ.

Speeches and Presentations   Over the years he has had several speaking engagements, including presentations for pastors in Wisconsin, for the St. Michael Liturgical Conference (Detroit), for the National Free Conference of Confessional Lutherans (Chicago), for the Heartland Region of campus parishes (Milwaukee), and at Canterbury, England, at the International Anselm Conference in 1993.

Miscellany   His areas of special scholarly interest include, besides medieval and Reformation history, Biblical exegesis, patristics, liturgics, and music.  He has devoted particular attention to "the language of faith," a discipline concentrating on the study of medieval and patristic sources to consider their way of attending to the Sacred Scriptures in the framing of their own confessions of faith.   He also served on the Commission on Adjudication for the South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.   He has also written several hymns, and a Christmas cantata "Shepherd of Israel" for mixed chorus, organ, and string ensemble, whose debut performance was in Kewanee in January 2000.

Fr. Eckardt was born on July 14, 1955, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, one of four children born to a physician.  He and his wife Carol have six sons, two daughters-in-law, and one granddaughter.

Updated - September 2, 2008

Rev. Fr. Karl F. Fabrizius, M.Div., Ph.D.   Departmental Editor, Musings on the Mysteries.

Pastor, Our Father's Lutheran Church, Greenfield, WI (LCMS)

Education & Degrees 1994 Ph. D Marquette University, in historical theology.  Dissertation - Rupert of Deutz on Matthew: a study in exegetical method
1984 M.Div., Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indianain biblical theology.  Thesis - "The hermeneutics of John Gerhard in his Locus on the Holy Supper."

Rev. Fr. Aaron A. Koch, M.Div.               Departmental Editor, Sermons.

Pastor, Mount Zion Lutheran Church, Greenfield, Wisconsin (LCMS)

Education & Degrees 1990 M.Div. Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri.

1986 B.A. Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois in Education

Pastor Koch and his wife, Laura, live in Greenfield, Wisconsin, with their four children.

Rev. Chaplain Jonathan E. Shaw, M.Div., M.A., S.T.M.

Departmental Editor, Sabre of Boldness.

Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, stationed at the chief of chaplain's office, Washington, D.C.

Education & Degrees 2004 S.T.M. Concordia Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne, Indiana, in systematic theology.  Thesis -- Life and death as blessing : bioethics in the context of technology and autonomy

1999 M.A. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in ethics

1984 M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana Master of Divinity degree in systematic theology.  Thesis -- "Saint Augustine and the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit"

1978 B.A. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, majoring in Political Science

Rev. Fr. David H. Petersen, M.Div.             
Departmental Editor, Commentary on the War.

Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana (LCMS)
Editorial Board, Higher Things
Chairman of the Board, the Bach Collegium, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Rev. Fr. Peter M. Berg, M.Div.

Departmental Editor, The Motley Magpie.

Residing in Chicago, Illinois (LCMS)

Former associate editor, The Motley Magpie.

Rev. Fr. John Berg, M.Div.

Departmental  Editor, The Motley Magpie.

Pastor, Hope Ev. Lutheran Church, Fremont, California.

Former editor-in-chief, The Motley Magpie

Rev. Fr. Heath R. Curtis, M.Div., M.A.
Departmental Editor, Gottesdienst Online               

Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Worden, Illinois, and Zion Lutheran Church, Edwardsville, Illinois.

2004 M. Div., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
2004 MA, Classics, Washington University

Professional Positions: 2003-2004, Visiting Lecturer in Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary; 2005, Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia University - Chicago (2005).

Fr Curtis is a frequent contributor of sectional
papers at the symposia of both LCMS seminaries and his articles have
appeared in Concordia Journal, Logia, and Lutheran Forum. Each
February, Fr. Curtis hosts the Liturgical Parish Life Conference for
students of CSL and each November he tries to kill a deer or two. He
may be reached at pastorcurtis@gmail.com

Rev. Fr. Larry L. Beane, M.Div.
Departmental Editor, Gottesdienst Online

Pastor, Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, Louisiana.

Rev. Fr. D. Richard Stuckwisch, M.Div., M.A., Ph.D.
Departmental Editor, Gottesdienst Online

Pastor, Emmaus Lutheran Church, South Bend, Indiana.

Kathryn Ann Hill
copyeditor

Mrs.  Hill has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and the Humanities from Valparaiso University. She also writes Christian poetry. Her poems have been published in The Bride of Christ, The Cresset, Gottesdienst, Logia, and Lutheran Forum. Her first book, a set of meditations in verse on the triptychs of Biblia Pauperum, is entitled Rich in Grace: The Bible of the Poor for 21st-Century Christians. It was published by the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau in December 2007. For more information, click here.